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The US Education Department announced it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are unable to work because of permanent disabilities and pictured education secretary Miguel Cardona.

Education Department eliminates $5.8 billion in student loan debt for some disabled borrowers

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are unable to work because of permanent disabilities. More than 320,000 “total and permanent disability” borrowers will benefit from the move, the agency said in a press release, and hurdles for relief will

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‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Drew Myers, CNN “Glass ceiling? Ha! What glass ceiling? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism,” radio host Larry Elder said in a 1996 ad for his radio show. Then a hand slaps him across the face. “Blacks exaggerate the significance of racism,” Elder adds. Another slap. “Medicare should

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A US federal appeals court upheld a Texas law restricting a second-trimester abortion procedure

Federal appeals court upholds Texas law restricting second-trimester abortion procedure

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A US federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Texas law restricting a second-trimester abortion procedure, overturning a lower court’s decision that had blocked the measure from going into effect. Wednesday’s decision amounts to the first time that a US federal court has upheld a restriction on the procedure known as

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‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Drew Myers, CNN “Glass ceiling? Ha! What glass ceiling? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism,” radio host Larry Elder said in a 1996 ad for his radio show. Then a hand slaps him across the face. “Blacks exaggerate the significance of racism,” Elder adds. Another slap. “Medicare should

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The sentencing of Robert Reeder

US Capitol rioter sentencing delayed after online sleuths uncover new footage of alleged police assault

By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz The sentencing for one of the January 6 US Capitol rioters was abruptly postponed Wednesday after new videos emerged of the man allegedly fighting with police, an unexpected twist in the case because prosecutors hadn’t previously accused him of committing violence that day. Robert Reeder of Maryland was charged

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